Floor Robots

Posted on October 31, 2018 by richardswann

Bee-Bot is an exciting floor robot designed specifically for use by young children. This colorful and friendly little robot is a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, and just having fun! Directional keys are used to enter up to 40 commands which send Bee-Bot forward, back, left, and right. Pressing the green GO button starts Bee-Bot on its way. Bee-Bot blinks and beeps at the conclusion of each command to allow children to follow Bee-Bot through the program they have entered and then confirms its completion with lights and sound. Children are inspired to enter ever more creative and complex command sequences.

Irish Sunflowers

Posted on October 21, 2018 by richardswann

A short animation using Scratch Coding.

International Dot Day

Posted on October 21, 2018 by richardswann

To celebrate International Dot Day the children created a film which incorporates live action and animation using Scratch Coding.

School Excellence Fund – Digital

Posted on October 21, 2018 by richardswann

We are delighted to announce that we will participate in the School Excellence Fund—Digital. The Department of Education invited proposals before the Easter holidays and they received a huge number of applications for this funding.

Our project will develop an educational environment integrating robotics and coding for the exploration and learning of Science, Technology and Engineering and Maths (STEM) concepts.

Cappabue N.S, Drinagh N.S. and Togher N.S. have formed a cluster and will be advised by Gavin Russell a lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology U.C.C.